Nine pictures that show just how bored royal photographers can get while waiting for a baby

Royal fans celebrate the news that Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in central London, on April 23, 2018. Photo by Isabel INFANTES / AFP
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Monday's happy news about the new royal baby meant joy for millions, and hours of waiting for others.

Digital photography has brought many wonderful benefits. But these pictures are enough to make you pine for the days of Wet Plate Collodion photography, when each photographer could take just a handful of images per day…

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A waiting photographer takes pictures of waiting photographers

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Nothing happening? Let’s take a snap of some royal fans in that case!

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